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Holds authority to appoint physicians as QME evaluators
Administrative Director (AD) (LC 139.2)
Term of appointment as QME evaluator
2 years (LC 139.2)
3 requirements when seeking appointment as QME
(1) Pass the QME competency exam;
(2) Complete a 12-hour course in disability eval report writing;
(3) Devote at least 1/3rd of total practice time to providing direct medical treatment (or have
served as a AME on 8+ occasions in past 12 mos prior to application)
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2 reasons for termination/suspension of a QME w/o a hearing
(1) Licensing board suspends/revokes/terminates license to practice
(2) Failure to pay required fee (upon appointment and yearly thereafter)
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6 reasons for discipline (suspension/termination) of QMEs after a hearing
(1) Violation of material statutory or administrative duty;
(2) Failure to follow medical procedures or qualifications;
(3) Failure to comply with the timeframe standards;
(4) Failure to meet licensing/certification requirements;
(5) Preparation of medical-legal evaluations that fail to meet the minimum standards for
those reports as established by the administrative director or the appeals board;
(6) Making material misrepresentations or false statements in an application for appointment
or reappointment as a qualified medical evaluator.
3 types of substantive medical disputes resolved by QMEs
(1) Compensability of the claim;
(2) Permanent disability;
(3) "Catch-all" (temporary disability, work restrictions, new and further disabilities after
permanent disability (detereoration of original injury), compensability of new body part
added to claim)
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